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Answering call to serve the poor: Papal Foundation announces more than $15 million in grants
Posted on 05/2/2026 11:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
The grants will fund initiatives across the globe including the construction and renovation of Catholic schools, monasteries, orphanages, and medical clinics in numerous countries.
Israel arrests man suspected of assault against French nun in Jerusalem
Posted on 05/2/2026 08:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
Israel arrests religious sister’s alleged attacker, Polish influencer honors JPII while raising money for charity, Indonesian cathedral turns 125, and more in this week’s world news roundup.
Toronto Catholic conference to explore breakdown of the social covenant
Posted on 05/2/2026 07:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
The inaugural conference, “Restoring the Covenant: Catholic Social Teaching as Common Social Ground,” will take place May 30 at De La Salle Oaklands College in Toronto.
22 miles of faith: Catholic family of 10 turns Walk to Mary pilgrimage into a tradition
Posted on 05/2/2026 06:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
This year an Illinois family will make the entire 22-mile trek to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Wisconsin, which honors the only approved Marian apparition site in the United States.
The life and legacy of St. Athanasius, champion of the Nicene Creed
Posted on 05/2/2026 04:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
St. Athanasius, celebrated on May 2, was a fourth-century bishop who is known as “the father of orthodoxy” for his dedication to the doctrine of Christ’s divinity.
Court halts mailing of mifepristone prescriptions nationwide
Posted on 05/1/2026 19:44 PM (CNA Daily News)
A federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled to require in-person distribution of the abortion pill mifepristone, the most prevalent form of abortion in the U.S.
Pope Leo XIV responds to letter from victims of Minab girls’ school strike in Iran
Posted on 05/1/2026 18:59 PM (CNA Daily News)
“The issue is not whether there is regime change or not; the issue is how to promote the values we believe in without the death of so many innocent people," Pope Leo XIV said.
Former federal prosecutor: ‘I’d like to prosecute any nun who still wears the head habit’
Posted on 05/1/2026 18:29 PM (CNA Daily News)
The Senate Judiciary Committee released the texts by ex-prosecutors who were dismissed shortly after Donald Trump returned to the presidency.
U.S. House passes farm bill that would reshape global food aid program
Posted on 05/1/2026 17:59 PM (CNA Daily News)
The U.S. House advanced legislation that could change how the U.S. delivers international food assistance. Senate consideration is next.
New bill could end federal Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood
Posted on 05/1/2026 17:29 PM (CNA Daily News)
Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.